Lynyrd Skynyrd "Freebird" First time after Gary's Passing

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  • Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
  • This is the first public performance of Freebird by Lynyrd Skynyrd since the passing of Gary Rossington. This was at the Florida Strawberry Festival on 3/12/23

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  • @tjsponik
    @tjsponik Рік тому +86

    Most young people don't understand that Lynyrd Skynyrd singlehandedly saved America from Disco!

    • @lincolnsobral
      @lincolnsobral Рік тому +3

      yeah but disco was great

    • @tjsponik
      @tjsponik Рік тому +5

      @@lincolnsobral Where I grew up the city Guidos were into disco but out in the suburbs and the rural areas the kids detested Disco!

    • @carlcertain3158
      @carlcertain3158 Рік тому +5

      You sure got that right!!! ( Disco sucks)
      Did then does now
      💩 Music 🤢🥵

    • @LetArtsLive
      @LetArtsLive Рік тому

      Well I'm going to see them 824 23 and it said the somebody Uncle Kracker playing opening up what the f***? I hope they got rid of that I didn't hear it on the radio today on the ad. Like how does that fit in with ZZ Top in Skynyrd I hope they kicked his ass the f*** out that's what I hope Uncle f****** cracker what the f*** I got to get there early cuz I got one f****** leg really I will have to f****** part how far away. And I never want to see Uncle f****** cracker basically I do like the f****** name he has two songs I know Smile and some other s*** and he was named by Kid Rock another fuc! And I don't f****** like Bud Light anyway and never did but if a tranny was advertising it and I liked it cuz I think it sucks anyway I drink it anyway! I prefer really good German beer I live right near beers of the world beer having

    • @mickeysm64
      @mickeysm64 5 місяців тому

      ​@@lincolnsobraldisco sucked

  • @Vandyfw
    @Vandyfw Рік тому +227

    This is today’s Skynyrd. I have seen the original and this version. Both were excellent. This version has been around much longer than the original. By the way, the “original” had multiple members. We should appreciate both versions. The current version is keeping the music alive. For that matter, the current version is keeping Southern Rock alive. Southern Rock is a dying genre - swallowed up by country. Enjoy both. … Just my 2 cents.

    • @billybreeze190
      @billybreeze190 Рік тому +6

      I saw them at the Aladdin theater in Las Vegas before the crash

    • @keytone5184
      @keytone5184 Рік тому +5

      Right on

    • @nebraskamike607
      @nebraskamike607 Рік тому +13

      I never got to see the original band but have seen the current band and they are the real deal in my book cuz they have kept the music alive! This band is my religion, my church, my kind of family! Kind of hard to write this and listen to this song with out Gary. For some reason I'm crying like a baby! Rest in playing Gary!😢 thanks for the memories!

    • @keytone5184
      @keytone5184 Рік тому +4

      Me too

    • @rustyjohnson2659
      @rustyjohnson2659 Рік тому +9

      You worded it perfectly ! Long live Skynrd !!

  • @ericklein5927
    @ericklein5927 Рік тому +115

    Gary would have wanted it this way... The show must go on. What a beautiful tribute

    • @jaxflfreebird
      @jaxflfreebird Рік тому +7

      The show must go on because Johnny can't sell the JVZ Band albums and few people buy the new cds. Johnny is a touring "musician?-- not really/gum chewing totally serious singer. Yeah, he needs a JOB.

    • @mixhaelamikovich
      @mixhaelamikovich Рік тому +1

      Yessss

    • @briandobson5135
      @briandobson5135 Рік тому +17

      I agree with Ronnie's widow. now that all original members of skynyrd have passed, at the very least the band change it's name....Without at least one of the originals, it's just no longer Skynyrd but rather a tribute band.

    • @mixhaelamikovich
      @mixhaelamikovich Рік тому +5

      @@briandobson5135 lynyrd skynyrd family would be good I think

    • @robertlawson9334
      @robertlawson9334 Рік тому +4

      You mean said the money grabbers can keep grabbing money 💰💰

  • @bryangriffith2062
    @bryangriffith2062 Рік тому +45

    That was the best heartfelt tribute I have ever seen. There are no words for the beautiful emotions that came out from each band member showing their love for Gary. Gary was my friend. It's my hope that everyone stays together and writes new music for Gary and the original crew! See ya in STURGIS boys!

  • @brendaCampbell
    @brendaCampbell Рік тому +79

    RIP to a legend Gary Rossington.long live Skynard!

    • @scottfrigm4625
      @scottfrigm4625 Рік тому +1

      That"s it spell Skynyrd wrong.

    • @izzy4real311
      @izzy4real311 Рік тому

      I use to Date a Lady Named Brenda, I used to take her on road trips to Warren Pennsylvania. Reece took it upon himself he showered the floor with salt & then he started dancing in it !!!

  • @robertusoff928
    @robertusoff928 Рік тому +48

    Keep the music alive, nobody else can do it like this, and sell out every show, 36 years after what was supposed to be a 6 week Tribute Tour. Gary is gone now but the Free Bird flies on!

    • @BST-lm4po
      @BST-lm4po Рік тому +1

      But change the name of the band! Stop using the 'Hall of Fame' band's name.
      Show some respect to the 'Hall of Fame' members!

  • @wulfclaw4921
    @wulfclaw4921 Рік тому +55

    R.I.P. Gary, was a long good ride ! 😥 YOU ALL HAVE BEEN FAMILY TO SO MANY OF US.
    YOU ARE AMERICA !
    Until we meet again, my friend.
    God love ya,
    Wulfy
    Lynyrd Skynyrd will never be forgotten - The Legacy will live on forever !
    🤟😎👍

    • @janehart7344
      @janehart7344 Рік тому +1

      Always Love you Gary God bless you 💘

  • @rosalierodrigues9315
    @rosalierodrigues9315 Рік тому +65

    So sad that they're all gone, but their music will live on forever.

    • @bradhutchinson4779
      @bradhutchinson4779 Рік тому +4

      I consider Ricky M an original member

    • @christianseybert6144
      @christianseybert6144 Рік тому +6

      Artimus Pyle ??? Alive and kicking(pun intended) we need to enjoy him and his band while we can!

    • @o2setup
      @o2setup Рік тому +2

      @@bradhutchinson4779 He was, he was their drummer.

    • @LOVE2HearseeMUSIC
      @LOVE2HearseeMUSIC Рік тому

      HEAR THIS….

    • @LOVE2HearseeMUSIC
      @LOVE2HearseeMUSIC Рік тому

      Mirror BALL…as long as #wesharedTOGETHER!!!! #GREATMUSICRIGHThere.

  • @Macntosh2
    @Macntosh2 Рік тому +64

    Who would have thought back in ‘73, that they would still be playing this 50 years later! Just amazing. Hope everyone enjoyed it as much as I did back in the day.

    • @frez777
      @frez777 Рік тому +1

      isn't it awesome though. The 70's will live forever

    • @gamjammer
      @gamjammer Рік тому +7

      Who is “they”? They are all gone.

    • @robertusoff928
      @robertusoff928 Рік тому +1

      Do you think that those young kids in 1964 in Jacksonville FL knew that their music would be filling arenas almost 60 years later?

    • @davidrice3337
      @davidrice3337 Рік тому +4

      Who would have thought a bunch of mediocre imposters would be allowed to use the sacred name ? Unbelievable

    • @user-wv1eu1wj2y
      @user-wv1eu1wj2y Рік тому +1

      @@davidrice3337 who would have though that a platform would someday lend itself to people whos opinions matter about as much as fly Sh#t

  • @mrwhite2628
    @mrwhite2628 Рік тому +35

    Been a LS fan my entire life. Was lucky enough to see them before and after the accident. I doubt there is a bigger fan anywhere. That said, as much as I appreciate the effort put forth by these artists. They are not Lynyrd Skynyrd. Like many other aging bands. Time to hang it up. Their timeless music will be with us forever. Thanks to the current lineup. RIP Lynyrd Skynyrd!

    • @derhandtrommler
      @derhandtrommler Рік тому +3

      This band is a disgrace.The seven guys on the cover of "Street Survivors" are all in the ground except Artimus and he knows what he's doing. How can you justify this karaoke act with no one from that band left ?

    • @mrwhite2628
      @mrwhite2628 Рік тому +2

      @@derhandtrommler I hear what you're saying. However, I wouldn't say they are a disgrace. Ricky Medlock played with them in the early days of the band. Before his time with Blackfoot. He could have easily been on the cover of SS. He is the only one though. I can appreciate what they do to keep the music alive. But it is a tribute band now. And like hearing Vince Gill playing with the Eagles. The music is good. Just not the same.

    • @zone4garlicfarm
      @zone4garlicfarm Рік тому +1

      They are open about being a tribute band. The Lynyrd Skynyrd trademarks and copyrights belong to the Rossington, Van Zandt and Collins families. If they don't keep the name active they lose some of those protections after a few years. If that happens anyone will be legally able to print and sell LS t-shirts and posters without paying to license the trademarked content. Someone could even sell a Lynyrd Skynyrd commerative bourbon. That's why this band is touring under the Lynyrd Skynyrd banner. The same thing is happening with the Allman Brothers tribute band "Trouble No More" and Foreigner doing shows with no original members. Expect to see a lot more officially sanctioned tribute bands as old popular musicians retire and die.

    • @johngorczynski418
      @johngorczynski418 Рік тому

      @@zone4garlicfarm Cool stuff i did not no

    • @cjoin83
      @cjoin83 Рік тому +1

      Well as far as Johnny Van Zant goes there's a slight possibility he would have become the bands singer even had Ronnie lived.
      From a 2018 interview:
      "Gary Rossington revealed in the interview that Ronnie would always point out Johnny as the most accomplished singer in the family. He also wished his younger brother to be sent to the Juilliard School to get a formal education in music if he died.
      Rossington said:
      “He always said: ‘Johnny’s the best singer in the family.’ He also said: ‘If I die, y’all send him to Julliard.”
      "They also shared that reaching the end of Van Zant’s career, he wasn’t actually sure about continuing to perform as the band’s lead vocalist. He still wanted to be a part of the band, but preferred to get involved in other occupations as he wanted to take a step back from handling the vocal duties due to his throat issues."
      To me it sounds like Ronnie was possibly paving the way for Johnny to take over the vocalist duties for the band eventually.

  • @faceinthecrowd5810
    @faceinthecrowd5810 Рік тому +25

    I was 16 when Freebird was released, a teenager saturated in the rock culture, an “A student” in my study of rock history while failing Algebra. The long journeys those songs like Freebird took us, the slow build up, the frenzied level of power-noise, the lyrics that we could all understand, could respond to, could sing with, the live shows in stadiums of so many thousands of our tribe, focused hypnotically on the drive the pulse with no cell phone distractions ripping us fro the trance of our moment. Skynyrd. There songs, their American imprint on the scene helped shape the hard headed independent generation that was coming to age after the birth of freedom and death in the sixties…..we are all alittle freer thanks to Freebird!!!

  • @russellfraser9826
    @russellfraser9826 Рік тому +112

    Love Gary, don't forget Allen Collins, another great guitarist. Steve Gains also. Good tribute, but will never be what it was. Rest in peace L.S. your music is timeless!!!

    • @110toacountrynearyou7
      @110toacountrynearyou7 Рік тому +20

      Don’t forget Ed king!

    • @glenncanale9225
      @glenncanale9225 Рік тому +2

      @@110toacountrynearyou7 None of us can.

    • @willittrue3856
      @willittrue3856 Рік тому +4

      It will always be what the band is a performing touring Southern rock band regenerated with new members passing the music on to the new generation.

  • @bryanhutton206
    @bryanhutton206 Рік тому +22

    RIP Gary Rossington you'll be missed.Not only by the band.But us fans too

  • @tinagriggs1004
    @tinagriggs1004 Рік тому +28

    I'm 58 now, and I was old enough to remember all the great rock bands coming into our lives and blessing us with great music, but now young enough to still be here to see them dropping off left and right lately due to deaths...one great band after another. But we will keep the music alive!
    R.I.P Gary

  • @user-wv1eu1wj2y
    @user-wv1eu1wj2y Рік тому +20

    Great to see Rickey Medlocke, an original member from when the first started, up there keeping the music alive..

    • @grumpyadventures3843
      @grumpyadventures3843 Рік тому +4

      Ricky is not a founding member though. It's time to close the book on Skynryd.

    • @joshuabrooks4907
      @joshuabrooks4907 Рік тому +1

      Rickey Medlocke and Artimus Pyle are both early members of Lynyrd Skynyrd, but they're not original members of the group.

    • @user-wv1eu1wj2y
      @user-wv1eu1wj2y Рік тому

      @@joshuabrooks4907 guess we might as well close the chapter on baseball, because all the original members are dead. The Yankees are just a fake copy. Right ?
      Same logic

    • @PhantomDetectivesLLC
      @PhantomDetectivesLLC Рік тому

      The current singer is the little brother of the original singer Ronnie Van Zant. Johnny definitely looks like his big brother but his voice is different.

    • @derithross8314
      @derithross8314 Місяць тому

      The guitar player started with them as the drummer the good looking older one with white hair play the drums in the original L. S .

  • @elainehampton2314
    @elainehampton2314 Рік тому +25

    I cried the whole way through the video. That was awesome! So sad Gary died at 71. I thought he would live so much longer. Freebird is one of my favorite songs. I have been listening to Skynyrd since 1974. Awesome band! ❤️❤️❤️🐦🦋

    • @ninamc6116
      @ninamc6116 Рік тому +6

      Gary almost died 3 or 4 times. I’m glad he made it to 71

    • @1OFGODSOWN
      @1OFGODSOWN Рік тому +7

      @killacommieformommy if you know the story behind, “That Smell” then you knew that long long ago. Whiskey bottle,brand new car,oak tree your in my way….. Gary wrecking that Ford Grand Torino was the reason Ronnie wrote the song.👍👏❤️🎙

    • @ninamc6116
      @ninamc6116 Рік тому +4

      Now they call you Prince Charming, can’t speak a word when you’re fulla Ludes….

  • @ShadeHope1969
    @ShadeHope1969 Рік тому +23

    I will support this Band Until I am Dead. Not for the new members but for my Heros who wrote and played these songs, Steve Gaines ,Gary Rossington and Allen collins along with Ed king Are rare Men who can not be replaced . Honoring this Tribute is all I have besides playing their Music and keeping it alive, Ronnie Vanzant was a genious, or was he just real as it gets , wore his shirt on his sleeves and told it like it was, FREEBIRD FOREVER. LONG LIVE LYNYRD SKYNYRD !!

    • @nzo_6543
      @nzo_6543 Рік тому

      I agree, even Gary himself don't care about people say that Skynyrd is now a "tribute band"

  • @richie7g
    @richie7g Рік тому +21

    I was very fortunate to see them about 2 months before the plane crash, I was 14. Always a Skynyrd fan

    • @josephklondyke
      @josephklondyke Рік тому +3

      I'm with you brother I saw them before the nothing fancy. Final album whatever release for a $5 ticket right up front. Ronnie Van Zan had a pack of cigarettes rolled up in his T-shirt sleeve. They played everything all night. Came on for a second on call everybody.asking what could they play. And Gary went. Into. The intro of. I am on the hunt never. Forget. Itii

    • @MsRocker961
      @MsRocker961 Рік тому +2

      Me too ! I was 15

    • @swingthing
      @swingthing Рік тому +1

      Yeah, saw them in Madison, WI about 3 months prior. Will never forget the date 7/7/77. Absolutely awesome show.

    • @jeffreyhogan7298
      @jeffreyhogan7298 Рік тому +3

      I saw them 7-2-77 !! The plane crashed on my birthday Oct 20 just by chance I had my Skynyrd t-shirt I bought at the concert on when I got the news!! Kind of ironic!!🙏💯

  • @dragracer4775
    @dragracer4775 Рік тому +123

    Life goes on but Lynyrd Skynyrd is gone forever. Thanks for all the memories. ❤

    • @phillipanderson7398
      @phillipanderson7398 Рік тому +4

      Well Rickey Mordlocke is still with them, since 1971.

    • @donjohn2695
      @donjohn2695 Рік тому +20

      Life goes on but now Gary's gone this version of lynyrd synyrd should call it a day

    • @phillipanderson7398
      @phillipanderson7398 Рік тому +3

      @@donjohn2695 Not while Ricky M is still alive and able to play.

    • @phillipanderson7398
      @phillipanderson7398 Рік тому +2

      @@donjohn2695 Not while Rickey M is still alive and in the band.He joined them back in 1971. And Artumus Pyle is still alive - are the band and him on good terms or not ?

    • @suzvalentino1901
      @suzvalentino1901 Рік тому +12

      @@phillipanderson7398 He was with them till 1971-71 then joined Blackfoot in 1972 returned to LS in 1996. It's over after Rossingtons death. I saw them in Pgh Pa in 1975 and have followed them since, I hate to see it end but it's done.

  • @ralphfiligenzi6180
    @ralphfiligenzi6180 Рік тому +18

    This has got to be the best Lynyrd Skynyrd cover band EVER!

    • @terrydawson8371
      @terrydawson8371 Рік тому

      'You Got That Right"😉

    • @ralphfiligenzi6180
      @ralphfiligenzi6180 Рік тому +1

      @@terrydawson8371 A great Skynyrd song by the way.

    • @derithross8314
      @derithross8314 8 місяців тому

      The lead guitarist was the drummer with original band started so really is it not the real band . Lead singer is brother to original singer.

    • @ralphfiligenzi6180
      @ralphfiligenzi6180 8 місяців тому

      @@derithross8314 I know, I was being sarcastic but I still like this line up.

  • @xkahn96
    @xkahn96 Рік тому +25

    Lynyrd Skynyrd was of a group of musicians that had a lot to sing about. With Gary's passing there is now a period at the end of Lynyrd Skynyrd. There is no one who can or ever will come close to matching to the original members. The plane crash was the beginning of the end and with Gary's passing it is now the end. Thank you for the music and the memories, forever.

    • @seanmccarthy9310
      @seanmccarthy9310 Рік тому +2

      Well said!

    • @avlisk
      @avlisk Рік тому +4

      I call this the "Official Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute Band".

    • @LeeHibbs
      @LeeHibbs Рік тому +2

      Amen

    • @steveh7108
      @steveh7108 Рік тому +2

      The Lynyrd Skynyrd name should have been retired 20 years ago.
      What they've been doing for the past 20 years is not even close.
      And this little tribute is absolutely horrible.

    • @davidcoleman4291
      @davidcoleman4291 Рік тому

      Why are people in such a hurry to bury Skynyrd it's like ok hurry up put 8 ft under where they belong

  • @billyangelino941
    @billyangelino941 Рік тому +13

    They will always be Skynyrd to me

    • @BrianRobbins2
      @BrianRobbins2 Рік тому

      Agreed

    • @danielevans9379
      @danielevans9379 Рік тому +1

      Hey as long as the lead singer is Ronnie’s brother, they are the real thing.

  • @donna4865
    @donna4865 Рік тому +3

    They band is all together again. ✝️

  • @stevefisher2121
    @stevefisher2121 Рік тому +12

    Great music lives on forever - RIP Gary.

  • @sidetrips
    @sidetrips 6 місяців тому +2

    These guys are definitely the best Lynyrd Skynyrd cover band around.

    • @lzogard
      @lzogard 3 місяці тому

      The best ones around at least have both coinciding instruments in tune in the beginning 😂😂

  • @KC-wi4gh
    @KC-wi4gh Рік тому +12

    I'm glad I got to see the band when Gary Rossington was still there. I wanted to say at least I saw one of the original Band members.
    I wish them well for the future but for me the show is over. R.I.P Gary

    • @zoramirez-jv9hj
      @zoramirez-jv9hj Рік тому

      Facts same here

    • @joefitzpatrick7563
      @joefitzpatrick7563 Рік тому

      As far as i am concerned Ricky is an original member .I hope the group will fold up the tents and leave one hell of a legend behind when he is gone!

  • @dougsaroma
    @dougsaroma Рік тому +10

    Quite an honor for Damon to play that slide solo on this particular occasion. He had to be pretty emotional.

  • @davidkopec9442
    @davidkopec9442 Рік тому +3

    I hope they play forever. People want to come together and enjoy this amazing music in a live setting. Zero original members, yes. But Johnny is there and so is Rickey Medlocke, let them do their thing. If they fill venues, put people to work, and give fans a night to forget all their troubles that works for me.

  • @sheltonbeverly6863
    @sheltonbeverly6863 Рік тому +24

    Brought tears to my eyes There are no words that I can say KEEP ON ROLLIN and ROCKIN LONG LIVE ON LYNYRD SKYNRD YOUR BROTHERS WOULD BE SO MUCH PROUD OF YOU GUYS KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK GOD BLESS YOU ALLL 🙏 TO THE ONE'S WHO HAVE FLEW TO THE OTHER SIDE RIP 🙏

  • @allenwebster6329
    @allenwebster6329 Рік тому +20

    Gary would have wanted them to continue with the music and that is why they do it ,its about the music and legacy of all the original members may they all rest in peace ,the legacy continues

  • @BobbieLGray
    @BobbieLGray 23 дні тому +1

    RIP Gary. Not one of you will be forgotten ❤️😞😢😢

  • @curtisthomas2457
    @curtisthomas2457 Рік тому +6

    Skynyrd will always hold a place in my heart they are a classic southern rock band. Those of the group whom have passed rip your truly missed

  • @robf9319
    @robf9319 Рік тому +7

    I have seen them 3 times since 1989, always a great show. Never let it die. Rock on!!

  • @danielfortuna2497
    @danielfortuna2497 Рік тому +6

    The Gospel of Skynyrd from Simple man to Freebird the way we should all live we take so much for granted we should ask ourselves everyday if I LEAVE HERE TOMORROW WILL YOU REMEMBER ME ..for the right reasons Skynyrd has been with me my whole life through the Ups and Downs ... RIP..Thanks for the Greatest Music ever

  • @ugaais
    @ugaais Рік тому +4

    RIP all members who have passed on

  • @lewisdolgin5702
    @lewisdolgin5702 Рік тому +17

    Let me have the 1976 version over this any day of the week!

  • @cyndygough4107
    @cyndygough4107 4 місяці тому

    I watched the 1st 4:37, and now I'm sitting here bawling like a baby. I saw the original Lynyrd Skynyrd EVERY TIME they came to Birmingham, Sweet Home Alabama. After the plane crash, I couldn't make myself go see them ever again. But I appreciate them carrying on their memory........Southern Rock at it's very finest. RIP my Southern brothers.

  • @sgt.grinch3299
    @sgt.grinch3299 Рік тому +6

    We know the answer, YES we will remember all of you. Love the Skynyrd, best band of all time.

  • @oldschool6558
    @oldschool6558 Рік тому +3

    No disrespect here, but Ricky Medlocke had some good songs with his band, Blackfoot. Would be nice if they brought some of those songs in with the Skynyrd songs. Train Train and Highway Song for sure.

  • @kerithmccoy3060
    @kerithmccoy3060 Рік тому +3

    Gary Rossington & Ronnie van Zandt were on vacation in Grand Cayman in 1974 shortly after Sweet Home Alabama became a hit. They were driving a VW Beetle, driving past a local residence where a house party was in progress. They stopped, came and sat in with the band (The Barefoot Man) and played "Mean Woman Blues" . We asked them for SHA but they say they needed another guitar player (to do Ed King's parts). Great memories!! RIP Gary & Ronnie!!!

  • @jamesthompson5629
    @jamesthompson5629 Рік тому +37

    For all the haters out there, I know Gary, Ronnie and the rest of the originals would be proud of these guys carrying on the tradition. Well done, boys. ❤

    • @johnransone7416
      @johnransone7416 Рік тому +3

      Do you?

    • @ColfaxJones
      @ColfaxJones Рік тому +6

      That's impossible to know. Obviously you're not a musician either. They started the song out of tune and out of time for gods sake, amateur hour. I"ve heard many bar bands cover Free Bird far better. The real lineup was brilliant musicians all around, this tribute band falls short. JVZ looks like he's more interested in sitting on the toilet than being there.

    • @pattivest8649
      @pattivest8649 Рік тому

      Amen to that

    • @andrewsparr3239
      @andrewsparr3239 Рік тому +3

      Amen brother. I guess some people would let the wonderful music die. How sad 😔😔

    • @BST-lm4po
      @BST-lm4po Рік тому +1

      It's not about "letting the music die".
      It's about tarnishing a great band's name! Just acknowledge that this is a tribute band & change the name!

  • @karlfau7914
    @karlfau7914 Рік тому +5

    Lynyrd Skynyrd will never die ! It is not the musik at all. They are my heros forever !!

  • @starzhewitt
    @starzhewitt 9 місяців тому +1

    All of Lynyrd Skynyrd now plays from heaven thank you for being the greatest band to ever be heard. Gary you are with your band brothers now. Heaven has the greatest southern Rockband of all time....

  • @jayrhodes2097
    @jayrhodes2097 Рік тому +8

    As Gary said himself, just a tribute band. They are all gone. RIP

  • @BobRock420
    @BobRock420 Рік тому +53

    Man you can REALLY miss Gary on that intro. So much soul when he played slide. Can definitely hear a difference.

    • @jaxflfreebird
      @jaxflfreebird Рік тому

      Ya think? No way, anybody can sing these songs, play those guitar parts. I mean, there's a whole band dedicated to duplicating those songs. The sh1t noise you are hearing is actually exactly the way the band played it. Shut up and buy a ticket and all the new cds. Shut up and roll one. The music will sound better.

    • @trevorthompson330
      @trevorthompson330 Рік тому +6

      I agree; I can hear the difference as well.

    • @flippercarlin1657
      @flippercarlin1657 Рік тому +3

      Damon's playing slide on an SG as well, everyone does sound different tho, I can tell it's not Gary from little nuances too

    • @phillipanderson7398
      @phillipanderson7398 Рік тому +3

      Gary used to do the birds chirping sounds too at the beginning of the song. Oh well Damon has been doing this since 2021. And he's darn good.

    • @phillipanderson7398
      @phillipanderson7398 Рік тому +4

      @@trevorthompson330 Yes, different but Damon is a very good guitarist too.

  • @tracyyost6681
    @tracyyost6681 Рік тому +1

    One hell of a job a awesome and amazing job hang in there y'all are great love ❤️ y'all Tracy

  • @dbrew2u
    @dbrew2u Рік тому +9

    Skynyrd is now Officially a Tribute Band . RIP Gary Rossington .

  • @truthweallknow
    @truthweallknow Рік тому +3

    They can Play Freebird now in
    Rock - n - Roll. HEAVEN .......
    R.I.P.
    Freebirds

  • @michaelingram-dp7qd
    @michaelingram-dp7qd Рік тому +7

    rest in peace gary love your guitar playing the band wont be the same without you

  • @howardlangford8087
    @howardlangford8087 Рік тому +3

    I thank it's a very great song thanks guys for keeping it a live!!!!!!!

  • @danoesq2
    @danoesq2 Рік тому +3

    I was lucky enough to see Gains, Collins, and Ed King. This is a great tribute

  • @LynSkyn1981
    @LynSkyn1981 Рік тому +9

    Gary passed the torch to Damon, Gary gave them his blessing to continue on

    • @jammer70s
      @jammer70s Рік тому +1

      So I'm guessing Damon Johnson is the new guitarist taking Gary's place?

    • @LynSkyn1981
      @LynSkyn1981 Рік тому

      @jammer70s Gary handpicked him to take his position and be his successor if something was to happen to him.

    • @dougsaroma
      @dougsaroma Рік тому +1

      @@jammer70s Damon filled in for Gary a while back when he was having health issues and Gary treated him like a son, gave him his full support. Damon is a great musician and artist in his own right.

  • @alisongilroy5304
    @alisongilroy5304 Рік тому +3

    Rock In Paradise Skynyrd Goners!! We will NEVER EVER FORGET YOU OR BE OVER YOU
    SHOUT OUT TO ALL HARDCORE SKYNYRD NATION ❤

  • @mattswesweeney6804
    @mattswesweeney6804 Рік тому +1

    Love Lynyrd Skynyrd Free Bird Band Member Grave

  • @kathibardnell4144
    @kathibardnell4144 Рік тому +15

    This was a tough one. Beautiful tribute. Thank you ✝️❤️

  • @BEN14680
    @BEN14680 Рік тому +1

    lovely to see all the legendary names,,,,,,, must be hard but the music will never die ,,, god bless all xxx

  • @mattswesweeney6804
    @mattswesweeney6804 Рік тому +1

    Love Gary Rossington Band Member Grave ❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @mariesantiago3960
    @mariesantiago3960 Рік тому +1

    The music lives on! 2023

  • @fayemorris3084
    @fayemorris3084 Рік тому +3

    love this! thanks for keeping them alive for us!

  • @charlottedixon6628
    @charlottedixon6628 Рік тому +3

    Excellent🎸 Gary would be so proud❤

  • @michellescarborough16
    @michellescarborough16 Рік тому +1

    Just love Lynyrd Skynyrd. Nothing else like their music. Good old southern rock! May all of the band members rest in eternal peace.

  • @gunsmokefan1344
    @gunsmokefan1344 Рік тому +4

    Just watching that is wild they are my opinion the greatest band there ever was and their right the legacy lives on and all the past members may rip!And their music will always be around forever !!

  • @jeffbogue3718
    @jeffbogue3718 Рік тому +3

    I was very fortunate to see these guys on the one more from the road tour in 1976, I saw them three more times and every time was excellent

  • @stevemilcoffmilcoff4655
    @stevemilcoffmilcoff4655 Рік тому +1

    Outstanding

  • @erinmacarthur7336
    @erinmacarthur7336 Рік тому +13

    I can't imagine if i went on stage without one of my bandmates right their by my side but I know they would allow me to continue in the journey and that's what Gary's doing for johnny and Ricky

    • @flyingburritobro68
      @flyingburritobro68 Рік тому +2

      They are used to it as sadly Gary barely played the last nearly 2 years. Damon Johnson has filled in for him

  • @davidcavan8227
    @davidcavan8227 Рік тому +1

    Even that oak tree is cryin' right now. R.I.P. Gary, you're not forgotten, and already sorely fuckin' missed!

  • @jerrypaugh6801
    @jerrypaugh6801 Рік тому

    This is so cool and just one great song of all time free brids is truly one all times great song just so beautifully

  • @danielhartman5086
    @danielhartman5086 Рік тому +5

    Thank you guys for keeping it going for Skynard. And letting the band live on. I am sure they are all looking down on you guys and are very proud of what your doing. God Bless you all.

  • @ontargetthomunclesam3926
    @ontargetthomunclesam3926 Рік тому +2

    A bunch of young kids who were ALL friends with a dream and a tremendous talent who grew up together with the same desire and continued to play music with a drive like never before what a truly amazing contribution to the music world and their fan base and now they're all gone the music lives on a tremendous resemblance with Beethoven wouldn't you say

  • @alisongilroy5304
    @alisongilroy5304 Рік тому

    Hell we OWE Skynyrd!! They changed the face of rock or at least added some bew expressions to it! Before them we didn't really have southern rock. And I for one am sooooo glad!! Well here it is tomorrow and now you've all left us and I can without a doubt say we will remember you!! And that things now WILL NEVER BE THE SAME. My husband died in July and now the last of our beloved founding Skynyrd members has gone too. Skynyrd and AC/ DC have always been my two very best and favorite bands. I'm old and its the end of an era. Without my hubby dunno if I will ever go to another concert. We were junkies for live shows and we went to 3-4 hundred. And 4 SMC's. Billys last, Peters first and 2nd and 3rd. Time to hang up all my memorabilia I guess and pics with bands etc. I feel like George Jones! I don't need your rocking chair!

  • @JamesJohnson-hl9pk
    @JamesJohnson-hl9pk Рік тому +1

    One of the greatest southern rock bands of all times,rock on Lynyrd Skynyrd you guys are carrying on a Legacy of some of the best songs ever written,rock on

  • @waynesydes5729
    @waynesydes5729 Рік тому +1

    I couldn't get myself to get out of bed for a
    Week that day 10:20:77. I talk to Ronnie daily and will never get over his song ending

  • @johngorczynski418
    @johngorczynski418 Рік тому +1

    Thnks Johnny Ronnie is very proud

  • @jaytelford4890
    @jaytelford4890 Рік тому +1

    In the music world there are legends there are G.O.A.T.s and there’s Lynyrd Skynyrd

  • @christimecarmona6810
    @christimecarmona6810 Рік тому +1

    LS was great when I saw them with Johnny. This was the last song they played and everyone was holding hands at the beginning of Free Bird.

  • @cwmiller2006
    @cwmiller2006 Рік тому +7

    I'm 63 and I've been a fan since the band broke in the early 70s. Unfortunately, I never saw them live but I remember exactly where I was when I heard about the crash. I bought Street Survivors and played the hell out of it, I still have the album. Life went on and there was a time I didn't give much thought about the band until I watched the VH1 Behind the music documentary which for some reason just got me back into appreciating their great music again. What strikes me most about the original lineup is how young they all were! And unbelievably talented they were as musicians. It sucks to think about all of the what-ifs however, I'm glad they kept going early on with all of the surviving original members. But now, and with no disrespect to the present-day lineup, since they've essentially all gone up to rock and roll heaven I think it's time to call it a day. God bless them all!

    • @kenmay4468
      @kenmay4468 Рік тому

      I'm the same age i can walk to the spot where i was lessoning to simple man when they announced the plane crash, and that Ronny and Cassy didn't make it and its still hard for me to Lisson to simple man to this day.

  • @robincline-harper9297
    @robincline-harper9297 Рік тому +11

    GREAT TRIBUTE TO UR BROTHERS FAMILY AND FRIENDS I FEEL THEY WOULD BE SO PROUD OF YOU GUYS. I DONT KNOW HOW YOU DONE IT IF IT WERE ME I COULDNT OF PLAYED THIS SOON FOR CRYING SO GOD BLESS EACH ONE YOU GUYS YOUR TRIBUTE WAS BEAUTIFUL AND HEARTFELT. GOD BLESS EACH ONE YALL, I PRAY YALL CONTINUE THE LEGACY SO MAYBE ILL FINALLY HAVE THE CHANCE TO SEE SKYNRD IN CONCERT BEFORE I KICK THE BUCKET CAUSE EVERYTIME I HAD TICKETS EITHER THE CRASH HAPPENED OR I WAS SICK IN THE HOSPITAL SO IVE NEVER HAD THE PLEASURE TO SEE MY FAVORITE BAND IN CONCERT, HOWEVER I WAS AT THE ROSSINGTON COLLINS BAND CONCERT IN KNOXVILLE TENNESSEE FOR THEIR FIRST SHOW THERE, BUT STILL WASNT THE SAME. I EVEN STILL HAVE MY ANYTIME ANYPLACE ANYWHERE T-SHIRT AND CAN EVEN STILL WEAR IT! 🤣🤣🤣THAT TSHIRT GOT ME IN ALOT OF TROUBLE IN SCHOOL AND AT A FEW FRIENDS PARENTS HOUSES….🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣I DIDNT CARE AND I SURE NEVER TOOK IT OFF! I WOULDA RATHER LOST A ARM OR A LEG AS TO HAVE TAKEN IT OFF BECAUSE OF THEIR OPINIONS OF IT, IT WAS MINE AND I WORE IT PROUDLY!☮️♥️🙏🏼😇🕊️🎤🎸🎼🎺🎷🥁🎫🎟️🎹💿🎚️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🙏🏼

    • @waynelevoy9518
      @waynelevoy9518 Рік тому +2

      If you saw Rossington-Collins, you still saw twice as many members of Skynyrd than Skynyrd had in their lineup before Gary passed away.

    • @michaelwolf6424
      @michaelwolf6424 Рік тому

      I'd be more than content to have seen Rossington-Colllins. Those guys put out incredible music with virtually every member in the band excepting Ronnie and Artimus. . New stuff while paying legitimate homage to the music of LS only a decade removed. Thank your stars and don't put too much emphasis on seeing a band that changes more parts than a race car. You were blessed.

  • @rossbrower7668
    @rossbrower7668 Рік тому +3

    Love the real Lynyrd Skynyrd, not a bunch of guys who call themself Skynyrd. I thought they couldn’t use the name when no original members are in the band.

  • @pursang101
    @pursang101 Рік тому +3

    I guess im old the only one I recognize is Medlocke

  • @alisongilroy5304
    @alisongilroy5304 Рік тому

    You cam totally hear Garys absence. 😢😢😢 Dale my heart hurts for you! I lost my husband of 38 years in July 8 days before his retirement. Our first grandchild was born March 1st. And I am so devastated. I can imagine you are too. Yoz guys were married about the same time as us if Im not mistaken. We wed in 84. All my love sister!!

  • @andydavis6962
    @andydavis6962 Рік тому +1

    I so want to watch this. I couldn't get past the first few seconds. I was immediately transported back to 1981. The Capital Center - Landover, MD. My first time seeing Charlie Daniels with Rossington Collins opening. Just seeing that spotlight on the chrome eagle sent the tears flowing. Just as they did back then. A while back, I stumbled across a video from a CDB Volunteer Jam of the guys playing for the first time since the plane crash. Leon was in a sling. When I realized what it was I was watching, I started crying like a bitch. Just as I am now. I will forever be thankful for the joy brought to me and the rest of the world by our fallen musical heroes. Can't say rest in peace ... not to a guitarist. Rock in Heaven Gary!

  • @stevebowdoin3727
    @stevebowdoin3727 Рік тому +5

    The show must go on. As long as people will buy tickets they should continue. Those that don't like it can see Taylor Swift.

  • @billwalker7556
    @billwalker7556 Рік тому +3

    Sic em boys!!
    skynyrd
    We felt you there with us last night, Gary. Looking down from Rock N’ Roll Heaven and helping us get through one of the toughest shows of our lives. We felt you during the nuances of Free Bird, Tuesday’s Gone, Saturday Night Special. We felt you in the roar of the crowd as they cheered your name and stood up for most of the night. And we will forever feel you on any stage and in our hearts as Skynyrd’s music continues to move billions of people across the world. We love you brother.🦅🤘🏼

    • @billwalker4158
      @billwalker4158 Рік тому

      I don't remember leaving this

    • @billwalker7556
      @billwalker7556 Рік тому

      ​@billwalker4158 oh I remember. It was a post from Johnnie I believe.
      On social media. That's where I got it. It's his/thier words not mine.

  • @miloknowles5412
    @miloknowles5412 Рік тому +2

    Tremendous job playing that iconic song 😂❤❤❤❤

  • @mariloucabuag2394
    @mariloucabuag2394 Рік тому +1

    RIP Gary Rossington. RIP Lynyrd Skynyrd💝

  • @yevetterich1921
    @yevetterich1921 Рік тому

    I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU GUYS , I STARTED WITH YOU GUYS WHEN I WAS II YEARS OLD NOW I AM 61YEARS OLD. MY TWO DAUGHTERS PLAYS YOUR MUSIC NOW TEACHING MY 7 GRAND KIDS ABOUT LYNYRD SKYNYRD

  • @110toacountrynearyou7
    @110toacountrynearyou7 Рік тому +4

    Someone lost their tunning job with that intro! Lol love this band!! Fly high free bird!!!
    RIP: Gary, Ronnie, Ed, Allen, Steve, Leon, and sooo so many more!!

  • @jaycobyhyde2742
    @jaycobyhyde2742 Рік тому +1

    Thank you for this video.

  • @ClaireBuck-ir3fs
    @ClaireBuck-ir3fs Рік тому +2

    I watch with a very heavy heart. Lynrdyd Skynyrd, Ted Nugent, the very best time of my life ❤️ loved them 70s.

  • @derithross8314
    @derithross8314 7 місяців тому

    Absolutely a Beautiful tribute to all gone before us. 2-7-24, I'm Derithhorton on here. Thanks to Google

  • @psutter5
    @psutter5 Рік тому +1

    Don't forget about Artemis. He wasn't from the inception but he was a big part of Lynyrd Skynyrd and he was a survivor in the tragic plane crash.

  • @carlcertain3158
    @carlcertain3158 Рік тому +2

    Man Oh man I miss Lynyrd Skynyrd I mean Ronnie Allen Gary Bob Ed Billy Leon steve and
    Artimus
    Greatest rock band ever
    🎸🎸🎸💔 They were the real shit!!! I Saw them 17 times 2 times before the crash 💔

  • @russellmcbride1242
    @russellmcbride1242 Рік тому +5

    R.I.P. Lynyrd Skynyrd. 😔 I think Ricky should reform Blackfoot, that's his legacy.

    • @nzo_6543
      @nzo_6543 Рік тому

      I would damn consider Rickey an original member of the band, He was there til 1971

  • @miloknowles5412
    @miloknowles5412 Рік тому +4

    I'd guess Gary was quite the guitar player right up to his very end. What a life. I hope I see him again 😇

  • @skipstein744
    @skipstein744 Рік тому

    Gary can hear you! Thanks Peace. Onward!

  • @leonardduke6791
    @leonardduke6791 Рік тому +2

    The music is powerful....It'll never die EVER

  • @pattivernucci691
    @pattivernucci691 Рік тому +1

    Saw them July 2022 in Youngstown , Ohio and they were amazing!!!! Don't stop touring!! Rickey Medlocke, Johnny and Damon were amazing!

    • @TheKatielina07
      @TheKatielina07 Рік тому

      So glad to read of another OHIO girl loving on "LS." 🎶🎸🎶 I'm an Akron, OH born lady. Now at 82 I will go to my grave feeling how they changed my love of So. Rock Forever 🌟

  • @WaydeSchiewe-vh9zh
    @WaydeSchiewe-vh9zh Рік тому +1

    Last time I got see him he gave me his pick that he used for the whole show !!!

  • @Stretch6373
    @Stretch6373 11 місяців тому

    The only true real southern rock band of all time nobody or nothing will ever come close to the original Lynyrd Skynyrd rest in peace Gary and Lynyrd Skynyrd music and Legacy will live on forever

  • @perspectiverenewed
    @perspectiverenewed Рік тому +5

    the whole feel of skynyrds songs just lack something now. well, i felt that way ever since billy Powells passing. I'm still glad the music lives on. Ricky Medlock holds true to the spirit of skynyrd. he's awesome and he has another band called Blackfoot that rocks too

    • @robincline-harper9297
      @robincline-harper9297 Рік тому +2

      Love me some Blackfoot to! Got all their albums too! Rick Medlock is badass! Their music never gets old♥️🎸

    • @trevorthompson330
      @trevorthompson330 Рік тому +1

      Billy was a great Piano player and is missed, and Steve Gaines was never replaced in my opinion, he carried the solos even more than Allen Collins.